For years now my family has wanted to checkout one of Disney Springs’ most obvious and interesting attractions: Character in Flight! Disney Sprigs has been a favorite attraction of ours and was even the focus of our very first posting! (I was too cheap to pay for a mall Santa photo and found that Disney Springs features FREE photos with Santa each year!) For those that may not be familiar with the name, Characters in Flight is the name of the attraction that looks like a huge hot air balloon right in the middle of Disney Springs.

Now we’re offering the chance to win a family 4 pack of admission to Characters in Flight! One lucky winning family will get 4 passes to experience this for yourself! Vouchers will be provided via email and must be used by July 30th 2016. All we ask is that you snap some photos to share with our readers.

A few details about Characters in Flight that you may not actually know is that it’s not really a hot air balloon. Instead it’s a tethered helium balloon that gently ascends up to 400 feet in the air for a spectacular view of one of Mickey’s favorite areas! Lasting about 8 to 10 minutes, your flight will be an unforgettable experience so be sure to bring your camera to record the memories! Please be aware that Characters in Flights is very weather dependent, and will be shut down in periods of high winds. Usually child admission is $12 and adult admission is $18 if you purchase in advance. For more information on Character in Flight at Disney Springs, you can always checkout their website: charactersinflight.com.

Now if you are really looking for a great deal you can also checkout their Groupon here, where tickets are only $10 each!

For me it’s hard to imagine planning a trip to Orlando without a Disney excursion, but with the steep ticket prices it can be difficult to fit a Disney trip into a budget. While recently visiting Disney I ran across a great way to actually watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks for free and without purchasing a ticket! That’s right you can watch one of the most amazingly choreographed fireworks shows in Orlando at no charge. It’s completely legit, takes some planning, but would make a really great date night for a local couple or even those just visiting.

Before I get too far into the explanation, let me just explain that this won’t always work, and you should have a contingency plan. If you’re just being spontaneous one evening without the kids, this is a perfect way to spend an evening with someone special. Ok so now that I have that out of the way, what am I talking about? I’m referring to watching the Magic Kingdom fireworks for free without purchasing a ticket. Continue reading →

You and your family could get to experience the fun, excitement, and fellowship of Disney’s Night of Joy 2016! Frugal Florida Fun is giving away a family 4 pack of tickets to the “Praise & Worship” night Friday September 9th. This annual event has moved to the Disney’s Wide World of Sports venue and features some incredible musical acts! Even better, at this new location, there is FREE parking.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity for praise, worship! You can enter for your chance to win below, but if you don’t want to wait, you can purchase tickets at NightofJoy.com. (Please be aware FrugalFloridaFun.com is in no way associated with Disney, Walt Disney World, or the Night of Joy Event. We simply purchased tickets to giveaway!)

Split into two nights this year, Friday is “Family Worship Night” and tickets start at $39. The first band goes on stage at 6:30 PM so you may want to arrive late afternoon.

Saturday is more expensive at $99 per person, but includes a one day, single park pass. You also get to enjoy Newsboys, For King & Country, Young & Free, Switchfoot, Red, Thousand Foot Crutch, Tim Timmons, and Veridia. You can get a combo deal which includes both nights, and the theme park ticket for $119.

While there, you can also experience a variety of vendors, as well as some tasty food trucks. A major difference with the 2016 Night of Joy is that concerts will be held both indoors and out, so rain or shine you’ll have tons of fun! We hope to see you there and be sure to snap a few photos to share with us!

When we recently packed up and headed out to Disney for a week or so, we were on the fence about purchasing the Disney Photo Pass Memory Maker package. The idea is simple really, it’s an all you can eat buffet of downloaded photo goodness! Ok so that’s a bit dramatic, but while you in the parks, there are plenty of photographers who will gladly snap photos of you and your family then they scan your magic band or or ticket. When you get home you can download the photos or order prints. While there is no cost for them to snap the photos, the cost can rack up really quickly when you go to order a few prints.

So there is an all you can digitally eat option? That’s right, that’s the core concept of the Disney Photo Pass Memory Maker. You can download all the photos taken and then have them printed elsewhere like Shutterfly, or even your local Walgreens. The downloads are very high quality photos and are rather large file size wise. There are a few restrictions on the licensing of the photos. This shouldn’t be a big deal for home users, but you can’t resell the photos. For example, if your son is wearing a Nike shirt while hugging Mickey, Nike can’t use the photo. You can however have them printed at local photoshops without issue. There is no watermark or restrictions that would even indicate that the Disney Memory Maker Photo Pass pictures are even commercial shots. Continue reading →

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During our recent trip to Disney, we were looking for a way to be able to stay in touch while walking through the parks. The Mrs. would be off with the little ones somewhere snapping photos while I was waiting in line for something else. I’m personally an amateur radio operator, but I haven’t had much luck getting my wife to get her license. We wanted a way to keep in touch or send short communications back and forth without needing to use our cell phone. We decided to use an FRS radio system at Disney!

We don’t necessarily have anything against cell phone use or anything, but it can be a bit of a pain for us. We usually stash our phone in our backpacks while out on adventures and often times we can’t hear them with diapers, wipes, spare clothes, and food stashed all around them. We have unlimited texting and phone calls so we aren’t worried about the costs involved with a phone, but just found it to be rather inconvenient. We decided to get a FRS radio set for use at Disney to help solve this communication problem.

For those that aren’t aware, there are a few different types of radio that can be used in the US for every day people. FRS is an acronym for Family Radio Service and does not require a license. There are a few limitations that the FCC imposes to keep these communications very short and local and FRS radios are generally non modifiable and low power, so you get hat you get right out of the bubble package. To make matters more confusing there is a type of radio known as GMRS that tends to overlap with FRS. They are generally higher power and require a license to operate. A license can cover an entire family and are around $100 to obtain. No testing is required, you just need to pay out for it. This wasn’t really an option for us, and thought that an FRS radio would work just fine for us! On our family vacation we were really only looking for a quick way to say “Hey honey, I forgot to ask, can you get extra fries while you go through that line?” or “Hey I’m over on the bench right here.” (for when we get out of ride lines). Continue reading →